After the social trend of the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge went viral, a young man by the name of Mike Ojo decided to start a trend, this time with a challenge to young black men.
In the video, which has already reached close to
30,000 shares on Facebook, Mike challenges others to “pull their damn pants up.”
“Pull your pants up! Ok? Pull your damn pants up! Now you want to save little black boys from being targeted by the police, you can start on how they present themselves. When you look like you belong in prison, then that’s where they’re going to try to haul you to, ok?
Pull your pants up.”
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As the popularity and social media prowess of the “Ice Bucket Challenge” continues to grow, there is a new challenge that is being issued that’s gaining social media attention. This challenge will not result in cold ice water being thrown on you. It does not have a focus on raising millions of dollars for a cause. But, it is meant to bring awareness to a critical issue that has a detrimental impact in the lives of many.
This new challenge that will hopefully take not just social media, but society by storm is the ‘Pull Up Your Pants Challenge.”
The challenge started with Charles Johnson, and was expounded upon by Marine Malik King. When King made his challenge video, he did more than demonstrate what it would look like to take the “Pull Up Your Pants Challenge.” He shared why he believes it is critical for the black community to take this challenge to heart and accept it.
to Marc Lamont Hill
